War of the Worlds $120 mil cap (FULL) Topic

With the release of the 2013 players imminent, it's time to kick start my favorite theme league, with a little bit of a twist by incorporating some countries in the State of Birth.

Choose an exclusive state(s)/country from the list below by posting the nickname in the forum.  Every player on your roster must've been born in your state(s)/country, even bench players & mop up RP's!

League rules:

  • Seasons: 1885-2013
  • Salary cap: $120 million
  • YES: Injuries (we're going to have lots of depth in this league!)
  • NO: DH, AAA, WW, Trade, Clones
  • Stadium:  Use any stadium located in your state(s)/country.  Otherwise, use a home park of any player on your roster.
  • SLL:  No requirements
  • Standard 24 team, 6 division, league with 3 division winners + Wild Card team make playoffs in AL/NL.
  • Alignment based upon geography.
Use the following link to draft your team:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/
10/4/2013 12:29 AM (edited)

Available teams (BOLD):

  1. AMISH = PENNSYLVANIA  (House_rules)
  2. BAY OF PIGS = CUBA (Got_Worms)
  3. BEISBOL = HONDURAS + MEXICO + NICARAGUA + PANAMA
  4. BIG 12 = KANSAS + OKLAHOMA + WEST VIRGINIA  (burningcouch)
  5. BUDWEISER =  MISSOURI  (2chair)
  6. BULL DURHAM = NORTH/SOUTH CAROLINA (jakedeuce)
  7. CARRIBEAN DREAM = DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  (specsman)
  8. COOPERSTOWN = NEW YORK  (stickyfee99)
  9. DISNEYLAND = CALIFORNIA (simisox)
  10. GREAT LAKES =  MICHIGAN + MINNESOTA + WISCONSIN (bhoser)
  11. HEART OF DIXIE = ALABAMA + MISSISSIPPI  (gyrene)
  12. HOOSIERS = INDIANA (bixman51)
  13. JIM or JACK = KENTUCKY + TENNESSEE (House_rules)
  14. LEWIS & CLARK = IOWA + MONTANA + NEBRASKA + NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA  (pick1or2)
  15. MARDI GRAS = LOUISIANA + ARKANSAS (jmc44)
  16. MIZUNO = JAPAN + TAIWAN + SOUTH KOREA
  17. O-PEE-CHEE = CANADA
  18. ORIGINAL COLONIES = DELAWARE + NEW HAMPSHIRE + NEW JERSEY + VIRGINIA (burningcouch)
  19. RED STOCKINGS = OHIO  (bbondsmvp)
  20. SPRING TRAINING = ARIZONA + FLORIDA  (gyrene)
  21. SPRINGFIELD ARMORY = ILLINOIS  (ChicagoAaron)
  22. C & SS FACTORY = VENEZUELA
  23. STEPHEN KING = CONNECTICUT + MAINE + MASSACHUSETTS + RHODE ISLAND + VERMONT  (BCBSMA)
  24. THE ALAMO = TEXAS  (Wonder Boys)
  25. THE MASTERS = GEORGIA (fatboydad54)
  26. US TERRITORIES = PUERTO RICO + SAMOA + VIRGIN ISLANDS  (Taft)
  27. WHITE HOUSE = DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA + MARYLAND (good_beef)
  28. WILD, WILD WEST = ALASKA + COLORADO + HAWAII + IDAHO+ NEVADA + NEW MEXICO + OREGON + UTAH + WASHINGTON + WYOMING (finn2030)
10/22/2013 9:53 AM (edited)
Available teams:

BEISBOL = HONDURAS + MEXICO + NICARAGUA + PANAMA
C:    Manny Sanguillen, Carlos Ruiz
1B:  Rod Carew
2B:  Jorge Orta
3B:
  Vinny Castilla
SS:  Benji Gil, Everth Cabrera
OF:  Carlos Lee, Ben Oglivie, Roberto Kelly, Omar Moreno
SP:  Fernando Valenzuela, Teddy Higuera, Esteban Loaiza, Ismael Valdez, Yovani Gallardo, Dennis Martinez 
RP:  Vicente Romo, Fernando Salas, Oliver Perez, Ricardo Rincon, Horacio Pina, Joakim Soria, Mariano Rivera

C & SS FACTORY = VENEZUELA
C:    Miguel Montero, Victor Martinez
1B:  Andres Galaragga
2B:  Edgardo Alfonzo
3B:  Miguel Cabrera, Pablo Sandoval
SS:  Luis Aparicio, Omar Vizquel
OF:  Carlos Gonzalez, Bobby Abreu, Magglio Ordonez, Richard Hidalgo
SP:  Felix Hernandez, Johan Santana, Carlos Zambrano, Wilson Alvarez, Freddy Garcia
RP:  Rafael Betancourt, Francisco Rodriguez, Edward Mujica, Juan Rincon, Rich Garces, Ugeth Urbina
 
MIZUNO = JAPAN + TAIWAN + SOUTH KOREA
C:   Kenji Johjima
1B:  Hee-Seop Choi
2B:  Kazuo Matsui, Tadahito Iguchi
3B:  Akinori Iwamura
SS:  Munenori Kawasaki
OF:  Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, Shin-Soo Choo, So Taguchi, Kosuke Fukudome , Dave Roberts
SP:  Hideo Nomo, Yu Darvish, Hiroki Kuroda, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hisashi Iwakuma, Tomo Ohka, Chan Ho Park 
RP:  Koji Uehera, Takashi Saito, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Hideki Okajiima, Hung-Chih Kuo, Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Junichi Tazawa, Shingo Takatsu, Akinori Otsuka, Byung-hyun Kim
 
O-PEE-CHEE = CANADA
C:   Russell Martin, George Kottaras
1B:  Joey Votto, Justin Morneau
2B:  Dave McKay
3B:  Corey Koskie, Brett Lawrie
SS:  Frank O'Rourke
OF:  Tip O'Neill, Larry Walker, Jeff Heath, George Selkirk, Jason Bay, Matt Stairs, Rob Ducey, Sherry Robertson, Goody Rosen 
SP:  Fergie Jenkins, Russ Ford, Rich Harden, Ryan Dempster, Erik Bedard 
RP:  Jeff Zimmerman, Blake Hawksworth, John Hiller, Jesse Crain, Paul Quantrill, Rheal Cormier, Eric Gagne
10/22/2013 10:00 AM (edited)
I'll take California, my home state.
10/1/2013 4:28 PM
I will take Maryland/DC!
10/1/2013 10:00 PM (edited)
I'll do Pennslyvania
10/2/2013 4:43 PM
Gotta go with Texas!
10/2/2013 5:12 PM
We'll go with Ohio
10/3/2013 2:28 AM
sign me up for Stephen King - they'll probably suck, but I'm a masshole.
10/3/2013 11:21 AM
Even though there are over 600 players born on Mass, they don't really have that solid of a team other than Bagwell. Rhode Island has some nice players to supplement MA!
10/3/2013 1:28 PM
Looking at these teams further, I'm going to combine Iowa-Minnesota. Michigan could probably compete by themselves & Iowa needs a little support from their neighbors to the north. Call it the Big 10!
10/3/2013 1:29 PM
Posted by Got_Worms on 10/3/2013 1:28:00 PM (view original):
Even though there are over 600 players born on Mass, they don't really have that solid of a team other than Bagwell. Rhode Island has some nice players to supplement MA!
You're not kidding about that... IDK if I can fit Lajoie and/or Duffy into this cap though! Nice problem to have I guess...
10/3/2013 1:41 PM
I would probably  get in if you had Nebraska in there some where lots of good players If you add them to Missouri or Kansas count me in. a Kansas team by itself would suck. David Segui their best hitter????????
10/3/2013 2:38 PM (edited)
No Johnny Damon!
10/3/2013 2:56 PM
Maybe we should just go back to including all 50 states?!
10/3/2013 3:00 PM
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